The Wedding Singer Auditions
Date: Sunday 15th December 2019 @ The Lancaster Hall in Send
- 6.30-7.30pm Principal auditions
- 7.30-8.30pm Ensemble auditions
- 8.30-9.30pm Dance auditions (all)
If you do not wish to audition for a principal please arrive in plenty of time for a 7:30pm start.
Performance Dates: 9-11th April 2020. Rehearsals: weekly from Sunday January 5th 2020, 7-9pm @ The YPod, Woking. Member show fee £30, non-member show fee £55.
The year is 1985. The place is New Jersey. A wannabe rock star (aka a professional wedding singer) is left at the altar and finally changes his tune. Robbie Hart, is New Jersey's favourite wedding singer. He's the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar. Shot through the heart, Robbie makes every wedding as disastrous as his own. Enter Julia, a winsome waitress who wins his affection. As luck would have it, Julia is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.
All audition participants will be required to sing and dance.
If you would like to audition for a Principal/Cameo role, please read the following information carefully:
- prepare to sing both song segments
- prepare the lines for one chosen scene
- you will audition on your own, with the panel reading in any other parts
- you will also participate in the group dance audition.
Ensemble auditions will require participants to sing with a small group and participate in the group dance audition.
Principal/Cameo Roles:
Male character songs:
- It’s Your Wedding Day (Opening Number) - Beginning to bar 55
- Grow Old With You - Beginning to bar 32
Female character songs:
- Come out of the Dumpster - Beginning to 23
- Let Me Come Home - Beginning to bar 42
Ensemble:
Mixed Small Groups (between 3-6 max) songs – Choose one (gender irrelevant):
- Either beginning to bar 55 - It’s Your Wedding Day (Opening Number)
- Or beginning to 23 - Come out of the Dumpster
Audition Material
Backing tracks available on Spotify: search The Wedding Singer Musical – Karaoke Peter O’Hare
Download the WYT Wedding Singer Audidion Information PDF including character synopses and audition pieces
Download the provisional rehearsal schedule - please note this may change
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THE WEDDING SINGER CHARACTER LIST
Principals:
Robbie Hart
The lead singer of a band. Handsome and charismatic. A truly 'nice' guy that has the classic lead singer aura and personality. Also a bit of a dreamer. In love with love until Linda leaves him at the altar and breaks his heart. Gender: Male. Vocal range top: C6 bottom: B3
Sammy
The bass player in the wedding band and one of Robbie's best friends. A total guy's guy, but beneath his pretending to love being a bachelor he is actually in love with Holly. Gender: Male. Vocal range top: A5 bottom: C4
George
The wedding band's keyboardist and one of Robbie's best friends. Sensitive and somewhat flamboyant. The foil to Sammy's super guy attitude. Gender: Male. Vocal range top: A5 bottom C4
Julia Sullivan
The pretty "girl next door" in looks and personality. Engaged to Glen but falls in love with Robbie and is conflicted as to who to choose. Empathetic, caring, and brave. Gender: Female. Vocal range top: F5 bottom: G3
Holly
Julia's cousin, very uninhibited and forward with comedic timing. Flirtatious and always up for a good time, but wants to be loved and is looking for romantic fulfilment in all the wrong places. She is in love with Sammy. Based on Madonna of the 80’s. Gender: Female. Vocal range top: E5 bottom A3
Glen Guglia
Julia's fiancé. A Wall Street broker. He is rich, shallow, and materialistic. Constantly tries to buy Julia's love with money. He is a bit of a womanizer. Slimy. Gender: Male. Vocal range top: B5 bottom: D4
Rosie
Robbie's grandmother who raised him. Motherly but adventurous and always trying to remain "hip" despite her age. Comedic Timing. Can Rap. Gender: Female. Vocal range top: C5 bottom: C4
Linda
Robbie's fiancé who leaves him at the altar. Keeps Robbie around as a back-up plan. Is more in love with the idea of Robbie being a rock star than she actually is with Robbie. Trashy, selfish. Pat Benatar type. Gender: Female. Vocal range top: D5 bottom: A3
Cameos:
Harold and Debbie Fonda ‐ the first bride and groom in the show.
David Fonda ‐ drunk brother of the groom at the first wedding; gives the worst speech ever.
Priest ‐ Priest at Robbie and Linda’s wedding
Angie ‐ Julia’s mom. Divorced and still bitter about it. Good singer.
Crystal and Mookie ‐ a stereotypical Jersey guy and girl. Mookie is very macho and Crystal loud and pushy. Crystal should be a good singer
Tiffany and Donnie ‐ another couple who gets engaged at the restaurant. Tiffany should sound like Janice from “Friends”. 1st and 2nd Waiters ‐ Waiters at restaurant where Glenn proposes to Julia.
Donatella and Shane McDonnough ‐ bride and groom at the second (disastrous) wedding. Donatella speaks in an obnoxious baby‐talk voice.
Donatella’s Mother ‐ A very assertive woman.
Bad Haircut Guy, Sideburns Lady, Loser Guy, Large Lady ‐ solo singing lines in “Casualty of Love”
Sales Clerk ‐ works at the mall. Good singer.
Glen’s Secretary, Junior Secretary, Second Suit ‐ work at Glen’s Wall Street office. Obsessed with making money. Ricky‐ the bartender. Good singer.
Bum ‐ hangs out at the bar. Good singer.
Agent ‐ works at the airline counter
Impersonators • Billy Idol • Cyndi Lauper..good singer • Mr. T • Ronald Reagan • Tina Turner (possibly change to Cher)....good singer • Nancy Reagan • Imelda Marcos - sings in Spanish
Ensemble
Plays wedding guests, office suits, shoppers at the mall, dancers at the club, etc
